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Central Bank of the UAE rolls out e-KYC platform

The central bank has teamed up with technology firm Norbloc on the project

GoCardless posts first profitable quarter

This followed the termination of a fifth of its staff in the previous year and the relocation of some roles to Eastern Europe.

Total Payments opens Norwich office

The business has built momentum by offering tailored payment solutions and transparent pricing, helping independent retailers and hospitality operators modernise their payment systems without being tied to a single provider.

Adyen’s Intelligent Money Movement Connects Enterprise Payments, Cash Flow, and Payouts

Adyen's Intelligent Money Movement caters to businesses that manage complex payment and payout flows on large scales, including insurance, retail marketplaces, and online travel agencies.

Revolut locks in Paris headquarters for Western Europe

The lease will see Revolut occupy 2,417 square metres of office space across six floors in a refurbished late-19th century building from early 2027.

Aspire Partners with J.P. Morgan Payments to Expand Cross-Border FX and Wallets

The collaboration allows businesses to manage multiple currencies within Aspire wallets, backed by institutional FX infrastructure

Mastercard and KTC complete first agentic transaction in Thailand

Mastercard Agent Pay is designed to provide the security infrastructure required for AI-initiated transactions.

Finastra, Marketnode partner to automate credit onboarding

The combined solution enables financial institutions to automate data extraction and onboarding workflows, reducing reliance on manual input and improving operational efficiency.

CBE, Addis Ababa Strike Deal to Digitise Accounts Across 600 Public Institutions

The arrangement covers 119 woredas and more than 600 public institutions, including schools and health facilities.

Mastercard signs agreements in Ethiopia with StarPay and Choice Microfinance

he collaboration is designed to expand digital payment adoption, support merchant access, and enable cross-border transaction capabilities for Ethiopian businesses and consumers.

Nubank integrates Pix, debit, and credit in single tap payment

Authentication will required for each transaction, using either device biometrics or a password.

Personetics and Atomic Partner to Help Banks Measure Deposit Growth

The two companies will deliver a native, end-to-end solution for contextual direct deposit and billpay switching that sits within the digital banking experience.

Mastercard rolls out authenticated agentic transactions across ASEAN

The rollout uses Mastercard Agent Pay, which combines tokenised credentials, Mastercard Agentic Tokens, and Payment Passkeys to ensure every AI-initiated transaction is authenticated, aligned with consumer authorisation, and end-to-end auditable.

Hope Bancorp acquires SMBC MANUBANK CBU unit

The acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.

Lloyds tests quantum computing to crack money mule networks

The experiment tested multiple quantum algorithms to see whether patterns of known money mule behaviour could be identified within a larger transactional graph.

UnionPay launches Agentic Payment Open Protocol framework

The APOP framework aims to establish a unified trust mechanism and interaction paradigm.

Flutterwave secures Nigerian banking licence

The development is significant for Nigeria’s rapidly expanding digital payments ecosystem, where trillions of naira are processed annually.

Paymentology taps Bank Zero to scale digital banking access

The collaboration marks Bank Zero’s first alliance partnership and is aimed at enabling third-party organisations to participate more easily in the financial ecosystem.

Paysecure and Yaspa team up to grow payments IQ

Unlike standard payment gateways that simply move money, Yaspa's system turns every transaction into a touchpoint for identity verification, financial health, and risk assessment.

Why people, not tech, drive card system success

McKinsey & Co claim around 70% of all technology transformations fail to meet their targets — a sobering figure given that eight in ten European banks are currently engaged in such programmes

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